Xiaomi teases its two-sides foldable smartphone

23 January 2019, 05:47:05

We have reported earlier that an alleged Xiaomi foldable smartphone appeared on a video. Today Xiaomi shared a video of its President and Co-founder Bin Lin who interacts with the same foldable smartphone confirming that Xiaomi is prepping such a device indeed. In a fully unfolded state, the smartphone has the shape of a tablet. The whole display can fold back to the left and to the right of the centre (two creases).

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